Amazing Grace Project (AGP) community Project, the winner of Southwark Faith & Belief Awards 2022, is looking for a new home.
AGP community project has been supporting the most vulnerable people of our community, regardless of faith, and providing a safe place in Southwark since April 2018. For the elderly, those with no recourse to public funds, youth clubs and so on.
During the pandemic they expanded their support to delivery of food parcels and operating community hub. Collaborating with different organisations like Felix project and Fareshare allowed them to bring good food to the community and support healthy eating choices through regular education. They delivered food parcels to 120 household per week. Their referrals come from Southwark Council, Community Hub, Community Southwark, GPs, CMHTs and so on.
In the current financial crisis they have put their services on hold as they do not have a suitable premises. The church premises they have been using had to close and this left them homeless.
AGP community project is looking for a space immediately and have a budget £475 per month to pay. They will need access to the building Monday to Sunday 10:00AM – 8PM at anywhere in Southwark outside the congestion charge zones.
Their ideal space requirements are:
- A kitchen to accommodate at least 6 learners at a time, where volunteers make good of some of the food that will otherwise go to waste as hot meal for 25 per week.
- A calm room for children with neurodiversity and adults with mental health issues.
- Office space for administration
- Office space for a telephone helpline
- Activity space with a capacity to accommodate 30 people for different projects.
If you can help, please contact Lear Adejinmi on 07960209884, or email info@cccamazinggraceparish.org, or amazing.grace.london@hotmail.co.uk
Other services are
- Provision of ethnic appropriate Food bank
- Eleazar mental health support (Mental health telephone helplines Friday 9pm – Monday 7am)
- Organising workshops of different issues affecting people i.e unemployment, food crisis, health awareness i.e diabetes, high blood pressure etc.
- KeepAlife project engage youth away from knifes crime and ensuring support for the family through mediation with schools for families that English is their second language.
